Native name: Mayyun | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bab el-Mandab |
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| Governorate | Taiz governorate |
| District | Bab al-Mandab District |
Perim (Arabic: بريم, romanized: Barīm), also called Mayyun (Arabic: جزيرة ميون) in Arabic, is a Yemeni volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen. It administratively belongs to Dhubab District or Bab al-Mandab District, Taiz Governorate.[1][2] The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.
The island, as a dependency of Aden colony, was a part of the British Empire between 1857 and 1967.
- ^ "السياحة في محافظة تعز" [Tourism in Taiz Governorate]. National Information Center (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "مديرية باب المندب" [Dhubab District]. Taiz Governorate (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 October 2022.